Contested schools in North Yorkshire
These are the North Yorkshire schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for North Yorkshire
Secondary schools (20)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripon Grammar School | 110 | 165 | 1.50 |
| Skipton Girls' High School | 120 | 180 | 1.50 |
| St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy | 115 | 169 | 1.47 |
| Ermysted's Grammar School | 127 | 181 | 1.43 |
| St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy | 113 | 160 | 1.42 |
| St Aidan's Church of England High School | 248 | 339 | 1.37 |
| Harrogate Grammar School | 281 | 366 | 1.30 |
| South Craven School | 266 | 301 | 1.13 |
| George Pindar School | 156 | 171 | 1.10 |
| Malton School | 155 | 165 | 1.06 |
| Stokesley School | 202 | 213 | 1.05 |
| Brayton Academy | 231 | 238 | 1.03 |
| Tadcaster Grammar School | 254 | 256 | 1.01 |
| Upper Wharfedale School | 66 | 65 | 0.98 |
| Ryedale School | 135 | 131 | 0.97 |
| Wensleydale School | 83 | 77 | 0.93 |
| Scalby Academy | 229 | 210 | 0.92 |
| Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science | 228 | 210 | 0.92 |
| Richmond School & Sixth Form College | 228 | 189 | 0.83 |
| Nidderdale High School | 70 | 51 | 0.73 |
Primary schools (96)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary School | 10 | 17 | — |
| Cambrai Primary School | 30 | 49 | 1.63 |
| Pickhill Church of England Primary School | 9 | 14 | — |
| Selby, Longman's Hill Community Primary School | 30 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Giggleswick Primary School | 13 | 19 | — |
| Eppleby Forcett Church of England Primary School | 7 | 10 | — |
| Fairburn Community Primary School | 12 | 17 | — |
| Marton-Cum-Grafton Church of England Primary School | 15 | 21 | 1.40 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy | 30 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Cayton Community Primary School | 29 | 40 | 1.38 |
| Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 30 | 41 | 1.37 |
| Askwith Primary School | 15 | 20 | 1.33 |
| Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 15 | 20 | 1.33 |
| Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School | 14 | 18 | — |
| Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School | 7 | 9 | — |
| Stakesby Primary Academy | 29 | 36 | 1.24 |
| Bolton-On-Swale St Mary's CofE Primary School | 14 | 17 | — |
| Carlton and Faceby Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 5 | 6 | — |
| Great Ouseburn Community Primary School | 15 | 18 | — |
| Meadowside Academy | 30 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Scotton Lingerfield Primary School | 15 | 18 | — |
| Sinnington Community Primary School | 10 | 12 | — |
| Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School | 30 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Markington Church of England Primary & Nursery School | 6 | 7 | — |
| The Boyle and Petyt Primary School | 12 | 14 | — |
| Coppice Valley Primary School | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Green Hammerton Church of England Primary School | 15 | 17 | — |
| Cowling Community Primary School | 8 | 9 | — |
| East Cowton Church of England Primary School | 8 | 9 | — |
| Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 19 | 21 | 1.11 |
| Burton Leonard Church of England Primary School | 10 | 11 | — |
| Wistow Parochial Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 20 | 22 | 1.10 |
| Summerbridge Primary School | 11 | 12 | — |
| Staveley Community Primary School | 12 | 13 | — |
| Boroughbridge Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary School | 15 | 16 | — |
| Leeming RAF Community Primary School | 14 | 15 | — |
| Lindhead School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Rossett Acre Primary School | 59 | 63 | 1.07 |
| Sutton on the Forest Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 15 | 16 | — |
| Topcliffe CofE Academy | 16 | 17 | — |
| Alverton Primary School | 20 | 21 | 1.05 |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | 19 | 20 | 1.05 |
| Keeble Gateway Academy | 28 | 29 | 1.04 |
| Oatlands Infant School | 89 | 93 | 1.04 |
| Hunmanby Primary School | 29 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Ingleton Primary School | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Kirk Fenton Church of England Primary School | 29 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Newby and Scalby Academy | 58 | 60 | 1.03 |
| All Saints Church of England School | 11 | 11 | — |
| Applegarth Primary School | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| Appleton Roebuck Primary School | 7 | 7 | — |
| Barkston Ash Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 17 | 17 | — |
| Barlow Church of England Primary School | 8 | 8 | — |
| Bradleys Both Community Primary School | 19 | 19 | — |
| Carlton Miniott Primary Academy | 26 | 26 | 1 |
| Chapel Haddlesey Church of England Primary School | 10 | 10 | — |
| Cononley Primary School | 17 | 17 | — |
| Croft Church of England Primary School | 13 | 13 | — |
| Danby Church of England Voluntary Aided School | 9 | 9 | — |
| Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary School | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| Hutton Rudby Primary School | 22 | 22 | 1 |
| Kirkby and Great Broughton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 15 | 15 | — |
| Lealholm Primary School | 5 | 5 | — |
| Lothersdale Primary School | 18 | 18 | — |
| Outwood Primary Academy Alne | 21 | 21 | 1 |
| Reeth Community Primary School | 5 | 5 | — |
| Riccall Community Primary School | 15 | 15 | — |
| Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School | 40 | 40 | 1 |
| Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School | 26 | 26 | 1 |
| Roseberry Academy | 16 | 16 | — |
| Sherburn Hungate Primary School | 41 | 41 | 1 |
| Sherburn in Elmet, Athelstan Community Primary School | 54 | 54 | 1 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy | 6 | 6 | — |
| St Peter's Brafferton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 18 | 18 | — |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy | 26 | 26 | 1 |
| Staithes, Seton Community Primary School | 7 | 7 | — |
| Starbeck Primary Academy | 25 | 25 | 1 |
| West Heslerton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 5 | 5 | — |
| Pannal Primary School | 51 | 49 | 0.96 |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School | 27 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Wheatcroft Community Primary School | 24 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Aspin Park Academy | 60 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Bentham Community Primary School | 20 | 19 | — |
| Western Primary School | 56 | 53 | 0.95 |
| Hunton and Arrathorne Community Primary School | 18 | 17 | — |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 17 | 16 | — |
| Greatwood Community Primary School | 30 | 28 | 0.93 |
| St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic Academy | 27 | 25 | 0.93 |
| Crakehall Church of England Primary School | 12 | 11 | — |
| Settrington All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 11 | 10 | — |
| Staynor Hall Primary Academy | 41 | 37 | 0.90 |
| St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough | 34 | 30 | 0.88 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 20 | 17 | — |
| Thornton in Craven Community Primary School | 11 | 9 | — |
| Birstwith Church of England Primary School | 11 | 8 | — |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.